Read article: Study finds preschool children form ‘social droplets’ when moving around the classroom
The movement of preschool children results in two distinct phases, find study
Read article: Celebrating with a new Nobel laureate in Canada’s ‘Steeltown’
The magical day Bertram Brockhouse won his prize
Read article: Robert Laughlin: the Nobel interview that became an impromptu press conference
Matin Durrani winces at the time he met Nobel laureate Robert Laughlin
Read article: Steven Weinberg: the Nobel laureate who liked nuts
Matin Durrani recounts a one-sided interview with Steven Weinberg
Read article: Physicists reveal the mechanics of tea scum
Researchers have looked at how tea scum breaks apart when stirred
Read article: The physics of cycling’s ‘Everesting’ challenge revealed
Everesting involves a cyclist riding up and down a given hill multiple times until the ascent totals the elevation of Mount Everest – or 8848 m
Read article: The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2024 is out now
Find out more about designs for a muon collider and why gender diversity in big science needs recognition
Read article: Annular eclipse photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
The image captures the progression of Baily’s beads, which are only visible when the Moon either enters or exits an eclipse
Read article: BepiColombo takes its best images yet of Mercury’s peppered landscape
The spacecraft had a clear view of Mercury’s south pole for the first time during a recent flyby
Read article: Researchers cut to the chase on the physics of paper cuts
A paper cut “sweet spot” just happens to be close to the thickness of paper in print magazines
